A reliquary bust of Saint Phoebadius (Saint Phébade), venerated in the Basilica of Saint Sernin in Toulouse.
Bishop and Confessor
Born
Aquitania, Gaul
Died
ca. 392 Agen, Aquitania, Gaul
Venerated in
Roman Catholic Church
Feast
April 25
Phoebadius of Agen (also, Phaebadius, Foegadius, or, in French, Phébade; died ca. 392) was a Catholic bishop of the fourth century. At the Council of Ariminum in 359 and other councils, he was a supporter of Nicaean orthodoxy. He wrote several works, including a treatise against the Arians which still survives.
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